Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Inside: Understand different types of summer seasons, common characteristics of summer seasons, and learn to thrive in the summer seasons of life. A practice of Seasonal Living teaches us that the natural world, biology, and human experience are patterned around cycles and seasons and change is constant. As one revolution comes to an end we begin again. …
Inside: Many midlife women wonder if boundaries are selfish. Boundaries are actually compassionate and in this post I share why. In conversations with midlife women, a common question that arises is “are boundaries selfish?” We’ve been taught that to be a good mom, a loving partner, or a compassionate person that we should be ‘self-less’. …
Inside: We need to declutter our lives frequently. This includes decluttering our relationships. The Circle of Impact exercise will help you practice. If you’re into simple living, minimalism or decluttering, you’ve probably heard tips around how futile it is organize stuff that you don’t even want/like/need. Professional Declutterer, Julianna Wilkes of The Simplicity Habit writes …
Inside: Befriending True Self is available to us all. No gatekeeper or shortcut can confer the deep wisdom received through years of healing and stripping away, saying yes to personal growth work, and lived experience that makes possible a meeting and befriending true self. The journey to meeting and befriending True Self is layered and …
Inside: Understand different types of spring seasons, common characteristics of spring seasons, and learn to thrive in the spring seasons of life. A practice of Seasonal Living teaches us that the natural world, biology, and human experience are patterned around cycles and seasons and change is constant. As one revolution comes to an end we …
Inside: Purposeful living – living on purpose rather than on autopilot – makes it possible to build a life that feels like home. I want a life that feels like home. I want to feel safe, at home, and joyful in my body and my life. The kind of purposeful life I want is aligned …
Inside: You may feel weary and a little beat up by life but you can map a new joyful vision for the next season of your life. Just being human can be hard work at times! But layer on grief, trauma, messy and vulnerable life transitions, a lifetime of pouring out for others while neglecting …
Inside: It’s never too late – whatever your experience or season of life, you can build a new pattern and learn how to overcome fear in life. Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a common human emotion designed to keep us safe. Our nervous system constantly scans our internal and external environment looking …
Adorn your life in color, or don’t, if that feels good. Dance in the streets, laugh loudly, heal loudly, hope loudly. Take up all the space you need, and dare to love the skin you’re in. Wear joy as resilience and resistance. But also wear joy because it feels good and pleasure is not a …
Inside: Choosing simplicity in life requires mindful intention — it definitely won’t happen on it’s own in this ‘more and faster is better’ culture. A question I ask myself regularly is ‘how can I let this be simpler or easier?’ I’m wired for slow and simple and also it doesn’t take much to complicate my …
Inside: Make space for more midlife joy as you strip away all the clutter and noise. Consider starting with these 30 things! Although midlife brings with it new challenges, it’s also true that for many of us, happiness rises as we befriend our True Selves and get better at honouring our wiring and the truth …
Inside: Simple rhythms anchor us through the seasons of our life. These are some of the ways I’ve used rhythm and ritual to support me through a season of grief, liminal space, and learning to live fully again. Sensitive content warning: child loss, grief We’re nearing three years since my oldest child died and I’ve …
